Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities



Students with Severe and Multiple Disabilities

Introduction

The paper attempts to highlight the severity of students with disabilities in a holistic context. The aim of the paper is to mention an interview conducted with teachers regarding the multiple disabilities of students. It then discusses the responses of the questions asked to teachers in an essay form describing all information gathered from the interviews.

Discussion

Interview

The interview conducted with the teachers regarding the multiple disabilities of students have been presented with concised responses:

a) How do they define the disorders in terms of education?

The disorder is basically considered to be the inability to learn and remember what is being taught in class. Students with severe and multiple disabilities tend to find it difficult to retain information being delivered to them.

b) What are the needs of these students?

The needs of these students are much of the basic needs of us all. These students need to be given proper time and motivation so that their confidence is not lost. Special students also have the right to gain information and it is the utmost duty of teachers to make special students capable of as much “normal life” as possible.

c) What are the characteristics of the special need students?

The characteristics of special need students cannot be described as different students have different disabilities that prevent them from learning and gaining knowledge.

d) What are the medical implications?

Medical implications may include consistent medical checkups as well as proper medications to ensure that the disabilities, if not cured, do not worsen. Furthermore, proper health is essential for everything.

e) What are the educational implications?

Educational implications of such students revolve around the fact that even special students can become well educated and competent enough to live a well reputed life. However, special students need more attention and care in order to achieve such goals.

f) What are the concerns in the classroom?

In classroom the special students need to be dealt with in accordance with their disabilities. Some have hearing problems, some have sight problems, etc. Thus, different students have been grouped to ensure that no student is deprived of education in the best possible manner.

g) What are the teachers' responsibilities?

Our responsibility, being teachers, is to provide with quality knowledge to these special students and educate them as to how they can live a life as close to “normal students” as possible. Providing them with motivation, confidence and self-esteem are also some of the essential responsibilities of teachers.

h) Describe the classroom, teacher interactions and activities.

The interactions between teachers and special children, as explained earlier, is in accordance with the disability. However, all teachers ensure that every special student is given proper time and that every student indulges in classroom activities.

Summation Essay

The emphasis today with children with severe disabilities is placed on preparing our utmost to achieve independent functioning in home, school and community. For them there are two areas of location: school education programs and the non-school-community context. In school education programs students learn these basic activities necessary for independent ...